@Article{pakinsight,
AUTHOR = {},
TITLE = {Advanced Education and Training Programs to Support Renewable Energy Investment in Africa},
JOURNAL = {International Journal of Education and Practice},
VOLUME = {5},
YEAR = {2017},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {8-15},
URL = {http://www.pakinsight.com/archive/61/01-2017/1},
ISSN = {2310-3868},
ABSTRACT = {African countries have initiated programs to generate electricity from 
renewable sources such as; wind, solar, biomass and hydropower. These 
initiatives are intended to reduce the carbon footprint of these 
countries in the wake of heavy dependency on fossil fuels and also 
provide cheap and accessible electricity to rural areas. These renewable
 energy programs are expected to deliver regional development and 
economic empowerment. However, the lack of trained manpower for repair 
and maintenance of renewable energy technologies devices is likely to 
result in failure of these technologies, cause losses in revenue and 
reduction in consumer faith in renewable energy technologies. African 
universities must be at the core of solving these challenges by training
 specialized professionals in renewable energy at graduate level and 
through short courses to meet the increasing demands for qualified human
 resource to support the sector. Thus to establish the “readiness” of 
Universities in Africa to offer advanced education and training in 
renewable energy, a review of all Masters Courses, Ph.D. programs and 
short courses was carried out. The results identified 21 
English-language Masters courses, 3 providers of Ph.D. studies and 9 
short courses in or with significant renewable energy content. 
Generally, there is inadequate advanced training in renewable energy 
especially at Ph.D. level in Africa thus the need to attract more 
African Universities to offer such programs at both masters and Ph.D. 
levels.},
DOI = {10.18488/journal.61/2017.5.1/61.1.8.15}
}